Improvement in shirts



'rATEN-TED JAN. 31, 1865. -A. WORMSER.

SHIRT.

U IT STATES ABRAHAM onMsER,

PATENT OFFICE.

on new YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46, [72, dated January31, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM WOR'MSER, of

the city and State of New York, have invented,

made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Shirtsand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

my improved manner, a portion of the bosom being removed to show theshirt itself and Fig. 2 shows the bosom detached.

Similar parts ai e indicated by the same letters. j

shirts have heretofore been made with a plain bosom and a plai'ted orornamental bo som worn over such plain shirt, said'bosom being buttonedor tied at the neck and at the lower end. In this character of shirtsthe bosom generally becomes detached'when the shirt is taken ofl, andwhile in wear is very likely to become rumpled and displaced, becausethere is nothing to connect the bosom to the shirt at the sides, and theshirt itself, being beneath the bosom, prevents the bosom remaining assmooth as in those shirts where the bosom is made with the shirts.

The nature of my said invention consists in forming a'shirt without anyfront'or bosom portion, this part being entirely left out, asrepresented by full and dotted lines in Fig. 1, at a a. The edges of thematerial around this opening should be hemmed to obtain the requisitestrength. The bosom bis made rather larger than this opening, and is tobe connected with the shirt at its edges by button and button-holes, asrepresented at c, or by hooks and eyes, or any other suitable means, sothat the said bosom will always remainsmooth and in its place, in thesame manner as the bosoms that are made upon the shirts.vv

The bosom is formed with a collar, (1, at its upper edge, which is of asuificien't length to button to the shirt at the back of the neck,

and, if preferred, the bosom maybe divided down the middle part, as ate, and. buttoned together, so that the shirt may be unbuttoned" downthe. front for put-ting on or taking ofi' in the usual manner.

This-mode of inaking'shirts and bosoms enablesthe wearer to use two ormore clean bosom-s to one clean shirt, and at" the same time the bosomis retained in place, so as to appear as a part of the shirt, becausethe shirt does not extend across under the bosom;

and the connection at the edges of the bosom to theshirtare sufficientto cause thebosom to lie smoothly.

This mode of construction is also a great convenience in getting thebosom to set prop erly, because -the wearercau try on the shirt and havethe buttons sewed on at'suclrpornts" as will best adapt the shirt andbosom to the. persons shape. A

The bosoms of sh' ts usually wear out before the body portions, and mybosom, being detached, is a great saving, because the bosom, when wornout, is no injury to the shirt, and

other-or new bosom with the same body part.

of the shirt. The col'lar'or band d ,may be only suiiicient to retainthe upper'portion of the bosom in place and have a separate collarattached to it; or said band may itself be .wide enough to form theshirt-collar. What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-'- g 1. Combining with a shirt made without a bosom a removablebosom, attached around the edges to such shirt, as specified.

2." Forming the neckband or band upon said bosom to button or beattached. to the shirt at the back of the neck, asset forth.v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 29th day-ofNovember, 1864.

A. WORMSER.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, UHAs. H. SMITH.

